Patient Navigation to Improve Patient-Centered Cancer Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 400
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The Time From Cancer Diagnosis To First Oncology Appointment
研究概览
简要总结
The MGH Cancer Center's patient navigation (PN) program, utilizes specially trained community-based personnel to improve cancer care in underserved communities by increasing cancer screening and removing barriers to timely care. This program incorporate rigorous evaluation to demonstrate the impact of innovation in healthcare delivery.
详细描述
This program allow cancer patients from MGH Community Health Centers (CHC) and surrounding communities who experience barriers to accessing care, including poverty, and limited English proficiency, and provide them navigation to receive timely, guideline-concordant treatment at MGH Cancer Center. By offering these vulnerable individuals a patient-centered approach to treatment, The investigators aim to promote patient engagement and increase access throughout the continuum of cancer care.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Adult patients (age 18 and older)
- •Newly diagnosed with cancer referred from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) community health centers in
- •Charlestown
- •surrounding communities referred to receive cancer treatment at the MGH Cancer Center
排除标准
- •Patients that primary care providers exclude
结局指标
主要结局
The Time From Cancer Diagnosis To First Oncology Appointment
时间窗: 2 Years
Length of time in days from cancer diagnosis to first completed oncology appointment.
Adherence With Cancer Treatment
时间窗: 2 years
Adherence with cancer treatment will be measured as no-show rate to scheduled oncology appointments.
次要结局
- Health Related Quality Of Life(2 years)
- Emergency Department Visits(2 years)
- Unplanned Hospitalizations/Readmissions(2 years)
- Patient Engagement In Care(2 years)
- Proportion Of Patients Enrolled In Clinical Trials(2 years)
- Overall Survival(2 years)
- Overall Missed Health Care Visits(2 years)
- Inpatient Hospitalization Length Of Stay.(2 years)
- Patient's Financial Burden(2 years)
- Patient Satisfaction With Patient Navigation Program (PNP)(2 years)
- Patient Satisfaction with Cancer Care(2 years)
研究者
Sanja Percac-Lima, MD
Principal Investigator
Massachusetts General Hospital